Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-09
,os ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 3, 1887.

Il If III the Gazette.
hs ta ..siv shade less than a task to
Ii' pa, a. engaging energy and crafty
i' ' WIS and intelligence of this state,
i'sIoi intent and ambitious We might
f'os'S SsIesh and patriotic considers
fon make her. with the help OF Ian
>; y excessively insinuating, the theme
!! ... ,T panegyric even, which is
Ha ,a,sigp to my purpose, without ed
ip. ~ some one or more of the epoch
in ber esrly annals which con-
asD .,g bore upon and Visibly shaped
clous rnes and destiny antecedent to
Jon Dt,, snd maturity of her statehood.
Oh - nTnrecorded dsy-dresms of
y osrIy Auglo-American pio-
e rbnse restless spirits led
slH ,;.ber in quest of fortune and to
% mi mir luck upon the cast of the di1
is.s r,r-tensnted wilderness of this then
% lively unexplored and unknown
~ uouId likely as not, if revealed 10
sY. "a snbiected to the closest scru-
s ss no evidence Of any trace or
~ notion, vision or prophecy,
!. ~ oIrtertsiDed, formed or forming, Of
anne magnitude OF the social, moral,
s .u. spd material gains, growth aud
- ,I'1 ats. the people o. this state
\ ,s g ~ srtsin TO, reshZ9 and enjoy, as q
-.,5 Of patient toll and enduring torti-
y wsny Of these homeless end fate
~ gsnierere, impelled by desire 20
, ,sc their conditions in life, with
800 trusts fed and rourished by
Tlnring wiles and Establishments of
itibrjce-fckle goddess of fortune,
..g cbargeabie with no sinister
\; worked their way hitherward
msaa their debut on the Pac, fc
y, esrly in the first quarter OF the
Cent century. The Cccupiers Of the
h At inst remote period and stage of the
!. and history in tee settlement Of the
|ratrv we've principally Mexicsns, who
Esrcised By virtue of pre- criptiye and
TonrIety rights and claims, within gun
ri sDge of their military posts at
i,:.. nominal authority and dominion.
rnIs did these hardy Gdventurers, who,
un.ccredited representatives of the
r,r,ge commonplace culture and attain
Isrts Of higher eastern American civ
TUtion imagine, when they first set foot
ron this coast, that they had hersided
Irement which was to rapidly grow and
Tel in momentum, and had besides
tmed 8 nucleus unWittiDgly, so 10
MAX. and as it were, about which IN az
itmeF, other sccassions were to gather
d sssimilste, and were, withal, Great
, unconscioutly social and political
ices, which would in due season logi-
Inv snd laudabIy assert in the concrete
! sum Ct their influences in moulding
d character and in silently giving direc-
On 10 the course OF human events. That
l.h wss the case the sequel, as well as
e we'll seasoned truths of oral tradition
ID current history, supply avouch and
ffm. THERE'S to be remarked more than
isint vestige Of those elements which
mike OF tbs nature Of the truly heroic
ID mantle in the early life struggles
ID priVstions Of Inc California pioneer
ZIONIST during those eVentful years pre-
sding The final conquest. The discovery
gold sntedated this lstter event, aud
IS really known Of, and to exist mex
sustibIy, in advance Of the Suffers
Lll Incident. It is a fact
bite patent and of common
0tOriety. Thst. from the circumstances
The accidental discovery Of gold by one
IIIssll, while engaged as he was with
ITimants in trying to enlarge through
{ SlOw operation OF artificial floods, the
le-rscS to SutteI'5 saW-mill near the
lWn of CO0ma, the feverish excite
Int OF 1913, spTsng, tbroVe, and grew,
IN maddenlng rush and swelling vol
ne. Il these primitive times the crude
l9lements OF handiwork which served
apiOmptu the purpO; es of the gold
4eSeFs Of-the era, we're chiefly the pan
% rocker supplemented By The spade,
cE-axa and croWbsr as handy auxilia-
7S' Later on came sluice mining. A
aice IS long wooden box with riff IS Or
eats nailed onto the inside bottom at
lott Intervals of space, and when
use is set conveniently near 8
5sorVoir Of water, and so inclined
70 permit the water to gravitate swiftly
lough the squeduct thus prepared.
40 this shallow box the paying gravels
: snoVeied, the vaIueless portion being
Stp' and borne away by the current,
me the sand containing the PARTICLES of
I y, mas been securely enmeshed by the
y g. The bare recital of the minutest
sAllS Of the life of any one Of the early
lnilg camps would perhaps form, unem-
'..lsAed, most thrilling narrative. In
4 Gays, humane and enlightened
saCdS, the outgrowth Of higher civili-
.HUu sach as older communities had de-
,S'u sna become Injured to- were seldom
,S The license and freedom which
o -. OF lack Of moral and legal restraint
!, ,;s iluIt IN the. deb$s ement of indlvid-
!. cOhsclences and hardened the
.aS OF many; with an unc9m-
W. ~. contempt Tor the ordinary
M. and humanities OF life. The
ns,. soou sense ana the sober JUG
r o,- Oh The members of a community,
ss ,1 from sheer necessity arising out
-. S4e peculiar circumstances incident to
s ss.aseu situations, finally came TO the
,y,s as ana supplied the needed correctives
r ~ aessI0ratiVes. Many social problems
, ,,se lor solution in those troublous and
Ss.sCeGelted times. Arbitration as
1s sstnlef recourse, was one Of the sim
r r,s, ana most familiar, as well IS the
$50 ,Sc. means to s speedy composition of
s s,oolAi and domestic disputes and differ.
r rsSS' Ihisexpsdient was not, however,
sT.T;sluy resourceful. and of such uni
h ~, recognized merit as to invaria-
fsn s. .ae and lead TO. pacific results,
. s-a alohg those WAo k1oW of and how
n, iI-.lSlse The virtues of moderation and
81 sSS.alsnce. Our intuitiens, under the
MO ~ va tension Of arbitrary and tyr
touS circumstances are seldom or never